Compunctious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Compunctious is an adjective meaning Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
Meaning
Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt.
Example Sentences
Come you Spirits, That tend on mortall thoughts, vnſex me here, And fill me from the Crowne to the Toe, top-full Of direſt Crueltie: make thick my blood, Stop vp th’acceſſe, and paſſage to Remorſe, That no compunctious viſitings of Nature Shake my fell purpoſe, nor keepe peace betweene Th’effect, and hit.
Word Forms
- compunctuous
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include compunctuous, scrupulous, penitent, guilt-ridden, remorseful, scruplesome.
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